Books published by publisher X-Communication

Inspire teens to read and learn. Show teens making smart decisions. Promote social and emotional growth. Help teens recognize their strengths. This Leader's Guide to Real Stories, Real Teens includes a wealth of activities including role plays, social barometers, Bingo games, debates, trials, and more that make it fun for teens to read the stories and explore the themes in Real Stories, Real Teens [ISBN #1-933939-70-2]. The Leader's Guide also includes the full text of every story from Real Stories, Real Teens, with convenient teen-tested discussion questions. The activities in this Guide are designed for out-of-school settings and informal school setting like advisories. The Guide includes helpful suggestions for running groups with teens, including icebreakers, teambuilding activities, and guidelines for handling sensitive topics. Real Stories, Real Teens received the Distiguished Acheievement Award for "Best Curriculum for a Specialized Audience" (Nonfiction, Grades 9-12) from the Association of Educational Publishers. Note: This Guide is to be used with Real Stories, Real Teens [ISBN 1-933939-70-2] an anthology of 26 true stories by teens. For full info for this program go to the website realstoriesrealteens.org

You’re upset when you find vegetables packed by your Mom for lunch when everyone else is eating pizza, cookies and other junk food. But what happens when you try to get rid of your vegetables? This beautifully illustrated picture book shows you a humorously absurd reason why you should always Eat Your Vegetables! With its comical situations, Eat Your Vegetables! has the potential as a toddler favorite.

Follow Emily's school-day journey through worries and frustrations of feeling not as smart as her classmate Marcus. Well-meaning adults in her life add to those concerns, but one teacher helps Emily recognize her strengths. Ms. Believes-in-you turns Emily's world into a celebration with her realization that she has eight ways of being smart - some "smarts" just happen to be stronger than others. Understanding there are at least eight ways of being smart is important for every child, and, for that matter, every adult. Each person deserves opportunities to explore the many intelligences she/he possesses and then ultimately recognize and celebrate them as strengths. Within that realm of self-discovery, sincere encouragement from teachers, parents, and peers is necessary for nurturing individual efforts to improve and develop our lesser intelligences. Look within, seek your strengths, so you too can shout it from the rooftop, "Hey World, look...I AM SMART!"

In 1925 a diphtheria epidemic was spreading in Nome, Alaska. A train transported the needed medicine as far as it could but most of the journey had to be done by dogsled. Balto-The Dog Hero! Is the true story of how mushers and their dogs braved the worst of conditions to get to Nome in time to save the children. It is told by Balto, the most famous of these dogs. Beautifully illustrated and written in simple terms for young children.